Hypotrophy versus Hypertrophy: It’s Not Black or White with Gray Matter

Psychological impact of lymphoma on adolescents and young adults: not a matter of black or white

PURPOSE The purpose of the study is to examine differences in perceived impact of cancer (IOC) between adolescents and young adults (AYAs; 18-35 years at cancer diagnosis), adults (36-64 years) and elderly (65-84 years) with a history of (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma. Furthermore, to investigate the association of socio-demographic, clinical and psychological characteristics with IOC; and the associat...

Gray or White? – The Contribution of Gray Matter in a Glioma to Language Deficits

NG2 cells in white matter but not gray matter proliferate in response to PDGF.

Glial cells that express the NG2 proteoglycan and the α receptor for PDGF (NG2 cells, polydendrocytes) make up the fifth major cell population that serves as oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in the postnatal CNS. Although recent studies have suggested differences in their proliferation and oligodendrocyte differentiation in gray and white matter, the mechanism underlying the observed difference...

Measuring Gray Matter and White Matter Damage in MS: Why This is Not Enough

INTRODUCTION Over the past years, progress in cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology has increased the possibilities to quantify MS-related tissue changes, starting from lesion assessment in the white matter (WM) to the quantification of microstructural changes of the whole brain (1). This was expected to give full insight into the causes of MS patients’ deficits but despite all a...

Gray/White Matter Contrast in Parkinson’s Disease

Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder...